X Games, Beaver Creek Food & Wine, Mary Jane's birthday and more

Five more years! ESPN and the Aspen Skiing Company announced this week that the Winter X Games will remain in Colorado through at least 2019. This weekend's events -- free for spectators -- include Snowboard Slopestyle, Snowmobile Long Jump, Women's Snowboard SuperPipe, and Ski Big Air on Saturday, and Ski Slopestyle, Snowmobile SnoCross, and Men's Snowboard SuperPipe on Sunday. Read on for some other awesome ways to spend the weekend in the mountains.

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Cardboard crash!Keystone's weekend SnoFest, hosted by the Front Range Military Bases, includes ski races and a Cardboard Derby, sending some ridiculous (and ridiculously flimsy) rides down the slope on Saturday. Register at Mountain House at noon to participate and you'll have until 3:30 p.m. to work your cardboard magic before the big spectacle on Discovery Slope at 4 p.m.